A Book that Shook the World

A Book that Shook the World
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Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Total Pages : 71
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ISBN-10 : 9780822973973
ISBN-13 : 0822973979
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Book Synopsis A Book that Shook the World by : Julian S. Huxley

Download or read book A Book that Shook the World written by Julian S. Huxley and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 1958-10-15 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection features five essays from noted theologians, philosophers, geneticists, and biologists who discuss the sweeping impact of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species on their respective fields. This volume, edited by Ralph Buchsbaum, professor of biology at the University of Pittsburgh, was published to celebrate the centenary of Darwin's announcement in 1858, along with Alfred Russel Wallace, of their independent discovery of the process of natural selection. Darwin's book was published one year later.


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